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Jewelry Appraisal experts around Towson MD
Reviews of respected Appraisers & Gemologists who provide jewelry appraisal services to Towson. Antique, estate & modern diamond jewelry & watches are valued and included in appraisal reports for all purposes including: Insurance Replacement, Estate, Open Market, Divorce Settlement & Equitable Distribution etc.
All jewelry appraisal businesses listed on JAW:
- Are full-time accredited Appraisers and diamond experts, not retail jewelers.
- Are fully qualified and experienced.
- Have had all of their credentials independently verified by us.
- Are held to account by national and sometimes also international appraisal governing bodies.
Click the "View Profile" button on the Appraisers' listings below to view their full profile. This displays their credentials, appraisal cost, gallery, client reviews, an outline of their appraisal & gemological services and advice on how you can do business with them.
The Appraisers below are arranged in order of the number of customer reviews they have received.
Nearby Appraisers who regularly assist clients from the Towson area.
Danielle Broussard Jewelry Appraisals
Dundalk, Maryland, USA
Jewelry Appraiser, Danielle Broussard, provides speedy appraisal, gemological and other jewelry-related services to jewelry owners in Towson. She personally collects your items from your home and returns them once the appraisal and valuation report has been prepared.
This company provides unbiased value opinions on modern, antique and period gem-set and diamond jewelry and watches. This business does not buy or sell any of these items, so their conclusions are independent and fair as they have no vested interested in the outcome of their research... [more info, fees, reviews etc]
Types of Jewelry Appraisals
Only those specifically referred to on this page are described here
Further types will be mentioned on the Appraisers' profile pages as there are several other types of appraisal reports, each with its own particular wording, purpose, objectives and resulting values. For an expanded list of valuation types, go to the Appraisal Definitions page.
Divorce (rarely requested) - this type of appraisal is used to help divide the tangible assets of a marital estate. The type of value provided in the appraisal report will typically be determined by specific State statutes, by agreement between the parties or by the trier of fact (the Court). Commonly requested types of value include fair market value, liquidation value, replacement value and/or marketable cash value. The level of detail provided may also be a matter of agreement or decree.
Equitable Division / Distribution (occasionally requested) - Used to divide an estate among its heirs in an impartial and financially fair manner. Several different types of value could be requested by the estate administrator depending on what the heirs have agreed to or the specific needs of the estate. In general, the level of detail provided in the report is sufficient to identify the property being appraised and highlight the primary characteristics on which the value was based. Fair market value, market value, liquidation value and marketable cash value are some of the more common types of value requested by estate administrators.
Insurance Replacement (routinely requested) - Replacement value appraisals are intended to be used for scheduled insurance coverage of jewelry and watches. The descriptions are usually the most detailed of any appraisal type and include the quality and condition of the item as well as the cut, color, clarity and carat weight (calculated or estimated) of gemstones and diamonds. When appropriate, the age or historical provenance may also be considered as value elements. Depending on the specifics of the item being appraised, the replacement value may be based on the analysis of sales for similar 'new' items of like kind and quality or sales of 'used' (vintage) items of comparable kind, quality and utility.
You may have to look outside the Towson area if you require a very specialized service that may be outwith the scope of a normal gem and jewelry appraisal, or if you require a jewelry expert or Gemologist to travel to another country. Appraisal services such a jeweler's stock audit, Capital Gains assessments and certain types of evaluation for investigations by the IRS or FBI are handled by specialists on JAW but you may need to broaden your search.
Please see the Maryland Jewelry Appraisers page for more options.


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We don't have any word from T-Mobile themeselves on this, but all of the pieces seem to be in place. A recently uncovered FCC filing reveals that HTC and T-Mobile USA might have a trick or two up their sleeves. The FCC was supposed to keep these bad boys under wraps until the 10th of September, at which point they were under instructions to remove them from their site. Oops! The product manual makes clear reference to myFaves, which as of this writing is only available in the good 'ole USA. On top of that, the user manual clearly references the 1700MHz band that is destined for…T-Mobile USA. The manual also references t-mobile.com, which is the company's American-specific URL. Anyone else convinced? Keep in mind that this isn't confirmed by any of the parties involved, but the evidence would certainly suggest that the HTC Kaiser is headed for T-Mobile's American network. The only question, however, is when?
Thanks, Orlando!

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Landmark patent ruling over breast cancer gene BRCA1
By Amy Corderoy
More patents over human genetic material could be granted after a landmark ruling in the federal court in Sydney on Friday morning.
Federal court Justice John Nicholas has ruled that a private company can continue to hold a patent over the so-called breast cancer gene BRCA1, in a decision that has devastated cancer victims.
The decision is the first in Australia to rule on whether isolated genes can be patented, and will set a precedent in favour of commercial ownership of genetic material.
Women with certain mutations in the BRCA genes have a 65 per cent increased risk for breast cancer, and a 40 per cent increased risk of ovarian cancer.
The case was fought by the law firm Maurice Blackburn, on behalf of Cancer Voices Australia and a Brisbane woman with a history of breast cancer, Yvonne D'Arcy.
Rebecca Gilsenan, the principal lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, said the company had argued that isolating a gene did not constitute manufacturing a new invention, and so should not qualify for a patent.
"We argued that isolated genetic material is not an invention but is naturally occurring," Ms Gilsenan said. "The ruling … has far reaching consequences for future medical research and genetic testing."
Ms D'Arcy was in tears as she left court this morning.
"To tell the truth I'm very disappointed," she said. "We were doing this for future generations, and I'm just so disappointed."
Ms Gilsenan said Maurice Blackburn would not rule out appealing against the decision.
"We will consider what the judgment says and consider our options," she said.
Justice Nicholas also awarded costs against the applicants.
The BRCA1 patent is granted to a US biotechnology company, Myriad Genetics, which in Australia has granted an exclusive licence to the patent to a company called Genetic Technologies Limited.
In 2008, Genetic Technologies attempted to enforce its patent rights over the gene, and threatened pathology and cancer centres with legal action.
After a public backlash it did not follow through with its threat, and it has not actively defended the case in Australia.
But Myriad Genetics had defended its patent rights in the Australian case.
In the US, where the case against the BRCA1 patent is also being fought, there have been several decisions and appeals.
The US Supreme Court will again consider the case in its current session, meaning a hearing is expected before the middle of the year.
Correction: The original version of this story said that women with the BRCA genes have a 65 per cent increased risk for breast cancer, and a 40 per cent increased risk of ovarian cancer. It has been corrected to say that women with certain mutations in the BRCA genes have the increased risk.


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Joint Press Statements by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, and EU High Representative Cathy Ashton
Secretary of State
PRIME MINISTER DACIC: (Via interpreter) I wish to express my pleasure for having here the State Secretary Mrs. Clinton and Lady Ashton. It is an exceptional pleasure for us in the first hundred days of Serbia's functioning, we can talk about the High Representatives of the highest – the most important states in the world and the most important international organization. We are – of course, we have over a hundred years long diplomacy with the diplomatic relationship with the United States, and I believe that vouches for new grounds and new relationships and to start rebuilding our mutual respect and trust.
And we have a very good relationships with the United States, and of course it is very obvious that we want to become a member of the European Union. I also wish to say, because there were so many speculations lately, why our guests are coming right now to Serbia. They did not come, and they didn't wish to pose any ultimatums or any conditions, and I am very grateful that they came over to talk with us about topics which are of crucial interest for Serbia, and those are topics on how to further on our integration process and also how Serbia can get real date to start negotiations.
And of course, as we all know, those are issues regarding our reforms and also how are we going to build our relationship with Pristina and Kosovo. And our first days of reign actually proved that we can successfully defend the certain policy that would go towards resolving problems instead of policy that will be actually the cause for problems and creating problems.
And of course, I offered my condolences and sympathy of Serbia regarding those victims that fell during ongoing storm, and we also offered if Serbia would be able to help United States clearing up and the whole mess after that storm.
The United States is a big investor with about $1.7 billion in Serbia, and we also had very significant commerce with the United States and we believe that that commerce and exchange can increase. Right now it is about $420 million worth, and I am very grateful for Secretary Clinton's offer to promote and to support and sponsor certain programs that would attract investments to Serbia. And that means a lot and that means a lot to me, and Serbia actually received the very clear message both from United States and European Union, and I reiterated that Serbia is ready to build democratic society and democratic institutions, a society that would respect human rights and liberties, freedom of media, rule of law.
And we are very happy with cooperation with United States in fighting organized crime, terrorism, and corruption, and also on a military level, and we are ready to go on furthering on that kind of cooperation. And Serbia is going to do everything that is necessary to fulfill obligations that are a prerequisite for our negotiations with the European Union, and that means that we are going to go on with our legal reform, fighting corruption, and by the way, a very positive evaluation on 26 points out of 30. We also want to build the regional cooperation, trust, and reconciliation in the region.
When it comes to Kosovo, we are committed to resolving all problems peacefully, and we are open for negotiations about all Kosovo issues and to resolve all those issues in coming period. Generations that are coming do not deserve to be left to tackle with that burden, and in that respect, this government took that responsibility that on one side carry out those agreements that previous government took and also to carry out new agreements regarding telecommunication and energy. And we also took the responsibility and the risk to take part in the dialogue that is, as you well known, recently started at the meeting at the auspice of Lady Ashton, and we expect that that negotiations and dialogue will be continued in November.
We already spoke about that, and I'm very grateful to Lady Ashton for her attitude that she had during that meeting, and she kept repeating that she is not pushing Serbia and that the European Union is not pushing Serbia to accept anything that Serbia doesn't want. And that was reiterated by Secretary Clinton that the United States are not going to make pressure on Serbia to do something that it cannot do and to accept – to recognize Kosovo, but that we are all together ready to do something about relationship between Kosovo and Serbia which would benefit the citizens of both. And so that has been defined in the resume of European Union.
Let us not talk about political issues with Pristina. Let us see if we can build maybe highway, if we can modernize railway, build projects in energy pipeline under the auspice of European Union. We are very, very much in concert with Pristina in that respect, and that is the first time that we are getting to some common ground. We are not going to recognize Kosovo, but we are ready to talk. We believe that it has to be connected with accelerated negotiations with European Union.
We also talked, and I fully supported Prosecutor Williamson who comes from the United States, and I am very, very confident that he is going to do that job honestly and professionally. We want during our mandate to resolve all those issues to become very honest and reliable partners, and we want to have a consistent relationship with our partners, and we want to stand behind those issues. But we also ask the United States and European Union not to use movable targets. Serbia is ready to be the strongest and most reliable partner in the Balkans.
We didn't talk – I know that there are not going to be questions on your part if we had any conditions being imposed on us, what was the talks. The talks were very constructive, very fair, and this is representing our mutual resolution to keep going towards Europe, and on the other hand, we are encouraging all participants in the process to make a step forward to build a mutual understanding with Kosovo and to come to solutions that would be beneficial for all our citizens.
And I am very grateful for this visit, and I – Secretary Clinton is not here for the first time, and I wish her very much success in upcoming elections in the United States. As it comes for Lady Ashton, we are going to see with her – meet with her in November.
MODERATOR: (Via interpreter.) And we ask Mrs. Ashton to take the floor now, please.
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ASHTON: Well, first of all, can I say how pleased I am to be here in Belgrade today, and it's very good to be here, because this follows up for me the meetings I've had with President Nikolic both in Brussels and in New York and my discussions with you, Prime Minister. I've seen you twice in the last two months, most recently, of course, about ten days ago.
And I'm here today with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to express our joint commitment towards Serbia and its future in the European Union. I say again: Serbia's future is in the European Union. And as you know, in the last year, Serbia has made significant progress towards its European future and it has become a candidate country.
Our discussions today in part focused on what's needed now for Serbia to move forward and to keep moving at a good pace. I encouraged the President and the Prime Minister to intensify reforms. And of course, judicial reforms are extremely important in that context. And as you said, Prime Minister, we discussed the dialogue that the European Union – I am facilitating between Belgrade and Pristina.
Let me be clear that this dialogue is in the interests of both sides. Its objective, its clear objective is to improve people's lives and to help solve problems. And in doing so, it will bring Serbia and Kosovo closer to the European Union. As you said, I chaired a joint meeting with Prime Minister Dacic and Prime Minister Thaci in Brussels less than two weeks ago, and we agreed to continue the dialogue between the two, and we plan to meet again very soon. It's vital that all the agreements that are reached through this dialogue are fully enacted by both sides. We've seen real progress recently, and I hope – we would like to – we would very much like to see this continue.
But let me stress: The dialogue of Pristina and the normalization of relations, as we call it, which is not asking for recognition, is really important. There are no other realistic or better alternatives, and things will not get easier if difficult discussions are simply put off. This is good for Serbia, and it's good for Kosovo. It's good for your future and for the everyday lives of the people in this region. And I do thank President Nikolic for agreeing that Serbia would participate in the dialogue, and to you, Prime Minister, I pay real tribute for the contribution you have already made, and I know will make in the future.
Thank you.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Let me begin --
MODERATOR: Now we are going to hear from the State Secretary, Mrs. Clinton, please.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, I'm sorry for jumping the gun. I'm eager to say how pleased I am to be back in Serbia and to have this opportunity to continue consultations that I started with President Nikolic in New York, and I have carried on today with him and the Prime Minister, alongside Cathy Ashton, because it's important that the people of Serbia know that we, the United States, are committed to working closely with the European Union to support Serbia's membership in the EU. And in order to achieve that, we strongly support the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo.
We are committed to seeing Serbia, and all the countries in this region, realize their aspirations for integration into the European and Euro-Atlantic community. And we share the goal of a whole, free, and democratic Europe that includes Serbia and all its neighbors because we believe this is first and foremost in the interests of the people of Serbia and the people of the region, and it is the surest path to a future of peace, stability, and prosperity. So the United States will do all that we can to support that goal.
Regarding the direct dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo, the United States urges all parties to implement the agreements reached to date and to advance concrete measures that will normalize relations. But I want to underscore what Cathy Ashton said: This dialogue does not require Serbia to recognize Kosovo. We understand the constitutional and political difficulty of that occurring. However, the dialogue does call for the two governments to move forward with practical agreements that serve the everyday security and economic interests of all the people of Serbia and Kosovo.
And we applaud the recent meeting between Prime Minister Dacic and Prime Minister Thaci with High Representative Ashton in Brussels. Elevating the level of the talks presents an opportunity for both countries to make long-awaited progress on key issues such as freedom of movement, customs, utilities, government services, and to look at the ways in which the Serbs in Kosovo can be given the reassurance and support they are seeking within Kosovo and still maintain their ties to and their long-lasting commitment to Serbia. Kosovo is an independent nation. The boundaries of Europe will not change. But there is a great deal that can be accomplished by Serbia and Kosovo working together for the betterment of the people of both nations.
I understand that this is difficult, but it goes hand in hand with meeting the needs of the Serbian people. Because in addition to supporting Serbia's EU membership and the dialogue that has now begun, I reiterated our country's commitment to the bilateral relationship and partnership the United States has with Serbia. This is my second trip to Belgrade as Secretary of State. It is a signal of our desire to strengthen and deepen our wide-ranging relationship. As the Prime Minister said, we already work together on trade and investment, on security and law enforcement. Our people are connected by bonds of family and culture with so many in Serbia.
We were laughing at the meeting about trying to determine exactly how many Serbian Americans there are. It's quite a large number, and we're very proud of that. So we want to explore new avenues for partnership because we want to see the people, particularly the young people of Serbia, flourish in their own country, in Europe, and in the world.
I've looked at a lot of the statistics concerning the young people of Serbia, a well-educated, internet savvy, culturally smart population who deserve to have economic opportunities, who deserve to have a future in Europe, who deserve to have every opportunity that every other young European has. That is what the United States wants to see for Serbia and the people of Serbia. We did not come here to set conditions. We did not come here to exercise any control, because we have none. The future of Serbia is up to Serbia. And it's up to the Serbs yourselves. But the United States cares deeply about that future, and particularly, as I have said, for the smart, young people here in this country.
And so we will maintain our commitment to Serbia and to the region. We will remain focused on helping to build a strong and stable future for the Balkans and for all of Europe. And we will stand as friends and partners of the people of Serbia. And, as the Prime Minister said, we will be looking for new ways to assist this new government and the people who wish to have the kind of future that only you can shape for yourselves.
Thank you.


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We had to wait roughly five months, but here it is, Wii U owners: the performance boost Nintendo promised earlier this year to remedy those crippling lag times when loading into or out of the console's main menu.
It's not clear how big the update is (Nintendo hides that info), but it took about 30 minutes to come down over my cable connection (not small, then) and a few more to install. Besides greasing the Wii U's virtual wheels, Nintendo says the update improves system stability and adds a bunch of stuff we'll go over in a moment. It also preps the system for the "imminent" Wii U Virtual Console and Wii U Panorama View features.
Let's talk through the performance improvement, since that's probably why you're reading this. Other consoles have had slow user interfaces at launch, it's true, but never one as slow as the Wii U's.
Prior to the update, launching something like "System Settings" from the main menu took about 15 seconds; after the update, it takes just eight. Exiting back to the Wii U Menu used to take on average 30 seconds; after the update, it takes around 18. Loading a game like LEGO City Undercover still takes a godawful 2 minutes, 18 seconds to load (1 minute, 9 seconds to bring up the start screen, another 1 minute, 9 seconds to load your saved game — incroyable!), but backing out to the Wii Menu, which used to take over 20 seconds, now takes about 10.
All in all a respectable speedup, though still much slower than backing out of an application on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 (or, for that matter, an iOS-, Android-, Windows- or OS X-based device). The reason, presumably, is WaraWara Plaza: all those fake little Miis milling around, relentlessly pitching Nintendo products. I prefer just the screenful of icons without the faux-crowd myself, especially if it'd knock the load times down more. Perhaps an option to bypass WaraWara Plaza in the next update, Nintendo?
But okay, there's plenty more to celebrate here. From Nintendo's list:
- The time required to start the Wii U console, launch built-in applications, exit software and return to the main menu, jump between applications, and jump between software and Miiverse has been reduced.
- While the Wii U logo is being displayed during the system startup, users can directly transition to the Wii Menu by holding down the B Button on the Wii U GamePad.
- Users can install games and applications from the Nintendo eShop in the background while other software is being used.
- When powering off during a download, Wii U will go into a standby mode, then power off when all downloads and installations are complete.
- Users can transfer and copy data between two USB storage devices in Data Management. This allows users the opportunity to upgrade or replace a current USB storage device that is connected to the Wii U Console.
- Users can control the priority of their downloads when downloading multiple items at once.
- Improved account selection when powering on the system now displays Nintendo Network IDs to clearly distinguish accounts.
- TV screen size output can now be adjusted in the System Settings.
- An Undo/Redo button was added to the Miiverse drawing input screen.
Nintendo says it'll roll out the Virtual Console any time now: As expected, the Wii U VC library will let you play on the Wii U GamePad, customize controls and instantly save your games. The other new feature, Wii U Panorama View, will let you pan around tour spots like London or Rio de Janeiro using the Wii U GamePad to conjure a 360-degree "video guided tour," though you'll have to pay $2 each for the full versions of each destination.


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BS&B Safety Systems leads the world in the design and manufacture of overpressure relief devices. BS&B set the standards in the pressure relief industry. The company has been responsible for originating patents on all rupture disk designs and continues its commitment to innovation.
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- Feature Links
- Economic Development
- Business Support
- Grow Your Business
Grow Your Business
Existing Businesses Account for Over 80% of the Nation's Business Growth
Incentives for established businesses include a dedicated tourism zone and Foreign Trade Zone, plus real estate, tool and machinery and business personal property packages designed to meet our clients needs.
James City County also partners with neighboring localities to offer workshops and conferences to home-based businesses. Conference sessions and specialty breakout tracks focus on topics relevant to all stages and types of home-based businesses, including traditional, franchise, and direct and network marketing. More information about the upcoming conference can be found here.
TrEE Meeting
Catesby Jones, Founder of Peace Frogs, speaks at a Triangle Entrepreneur Exchange (TrEE) event about growing his business from humble origins operating out of his college dorm room
Manufacturing Day
Manufacturing Day is a celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers.
Manufacturing Day at Anheuser-Busch
Students and WJCC school officials tour Anheuser-Busch Williamsburg brewery for lessons in chemistry, logistics, quality control, production and packaging.
Manufacturing Day at Printpack
Students and school officials from WJCC Schools tour Printpack to learn how barrier plastic keeps food shelf stable.
Manufacturing Day at Walmart Distribution Center
Students learn how inventory is processed from the Port of Virginia through local Walmart Import Distribution Center to 800 Walmart retail locations in the Eastern U.S.
Manufacturing Day at Ball Metal
Students and teachers from WJCC schools tour Ball Corporation to see how 8 million aluminum cans are made each day in James City County.
Manufacturing Day at Coresix Precision Glass
Students and teachers tour Coresix Precision Glass to see glass manufactured for applications in high tech products, such as control panels and electronic devices.
Manufacturing Day at Owens-Illinois Glass Bottle Plant
Students and teachers from WJCC Schools tour Owens-Illinois to see how 19 million glass bottles per day are manufactured in James City County.
James City County companies have invested more than $45 million in local expansions since 2010
This has been a great place for us to grow our business from a small R&D startup facility to a world leader in our market. Our associates enjoy the high quality of life that is available here, where we have the benefit of a relatively small community with easy access to larger metropolitan areas. |
– Jim Stevenson, Printpack, Inc. |
Learn more about the incentives available for your business.
- Manufacturing Day highlights manufacturing companies in the County and introduces students and educators to real-world applications for many of their classroom subjects. Expanding every year, the annual 1-day event has hosted over 300 students in 7 of the County's major employers, exposing students to career pathways and local employment opportunities and highlighting the fine companies that call James City County home!
- ChefsGo1.0 is a new curriculum created in partnership with local chefs and the Historic Triangle campus of Thomas Nelson Community College. This innovative program will introduce students to culinary careers and place them under the mentorship of a local chef in preparation for future employment or additional culinary training.


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Lofentse Girls High School
Learn-to-earn Programmes Schoolchildren earn Qhubeka Bicycles by committing to improve their school attendance. Bicycles make it easier and faster to get to school. https://qhubeka.org/news/biggest-ever-newbikeday-at-qhubeka/ https://qhubeka.org/news/a-community-public-private-partnership-in-action/ "Having spent four months on a bicycle, I know full well what an amazing means of transport it can be. I wouldn't have gone to many of the places


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- Look at the highlighted
verbs in the text and match them with the following synonyms: investigate, find, catch,
- Match the adjectives
with their opposites, e.g. tall
/ short
- Underline in the text
all the expressions with OF
- Group the words
according to categories, e.g. vehicles: car,
motorcycle; musical instruments: guitar, piano etc
- Underline all the
adverbs in the text. Now underline the verbs they go with.
- Rick says "the
journey was long and tiring". What other adjectives can be used to
describe journeys?
- Which is the odd word
out? gaze - smile - stare
- look
Words in a language can be described in terms of two types of relationships: paradigmatic and syntagmatic. A paradigmatic relationship refers to the relationship between words that are the same parts of speech and which can be substituted for each other in the same position within a given sentence. A syntagmatic relationship refers to the relationship a word has with other words that surround it. In the table below, paradigmatic relationships are shown vertically and syntagmatic relationship - horizontally:
Paradigmatic (vertical) axis
Seen like this, it may seem that any word in a language can be substituted for another. But as Corpus linguistics and Second Language Acquisition research have shown, language doesn't work in this slot-and-filler fashion and is not stored in the mental lexicon as a giant substitution table. Linear relationships with other words are equally important.
Syntagmatic (horizontal) axis
Unlike the paradigmatic relationships, the syntagmatic relationships of a word are not about meaning. They are about the lexical company the word keeps (collocation) and grammatical patterns in which it occurs (colligation).
Let's look again at the table / graph above where expensive can be substituted for pricey:
It seems to work, but you're unlikely to say "costly new car". Also old cannot be easily replaced by new as the combination expensive old is less likely than expensive new. In any case, the opposite of new in this case would probably be used or second-hand and not necessarily old. All these are collocational patterns. But there are also colligational preferences. For example, the words take in and deceive are in a paradigmatic relationship with each other, i.e. they are synonyms. However, take in has a tendency to occur in the passive:
He was taken in by her sob story
rather than "Her sob story took him in"
whereas deceive doesn't show such grammatical preference.
Wolter and Gylstad (2011), who studied the production of English collocations in L1 Swedish speakers of English, make an interesting observation that paradigmatic relationships tend to be similar across - even vastly different - languages whereas syntagmatic relationships are often arbitrary. For example, in English one goes on a diet, in Greek one "does diet" /'ka;neiß di;aita/, in French one "puts oneself on a diet" /sǝ metR o ReƷim/ and in Russian one "sits on a diet" /sest' na di;'aitu/.
Therefore in ELT whereas students (and teachers) may derive great pleasure from such activities as putting words in categories (animals: dog, cat, turtle; transport: car, bus, bike) they would probably get more linguistic benefit if they - to put it simply - focused on drive a car and ride a bike, i.e horizontal / syntagmatic relationships.
John Sinclair (2004), the pioneer of corpus linguistics, contends:
I have provided some ideas (examples 3, 5 and 6 in the warmer) for focusing on syntagmatic relationships between words. Can you think of other activities and tasks that would highlight the syntagmatic dimension of vocabulary learning? Your ideas are welcome in the comments below.
Sinclair, J. M. (2004). Trust the text: Language, corpus and discourse. London and New York: Routledge.
Wolter, B. & Gyllstad, H. (2011). Collocational links in the L2 mental lexicon and the influence of L1 intralexical knowledge. Applied Linguistics, 32(4), 430-449


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Enhancing PDF Documents in Adobe Acrobat XI
Examining the work file
You'll work with conference materials for the fictitious Meridien Conference. The presentation has been designed both for print and for online viewing. Because this online presentation is in the developmental phase, it contains a number of mistakes. You'll use Acrobat to correct the problems in this PDF document.
- Start Acrobat.
- Choose File > Open. Navigate to the Lesson04 folder, select Conference Guide.pdf, and click Open. Then choose File > Save As, rename the file Conference Guide_revised.pdf, and save it in the Lesson04 folder.
- Click the Bookmarks button () in the navigation pane.
The Bookmarks panel opens, revealing several bookmarks that have already been created. Bookmarks are links to specific points in the document. They can be generated automatically from the table-of-contents entries of documents created by most desktop publishing programs or from formatted headings in applications such as Microsoft Word. You can also create bookmarks in Acrobat. You can specify the appearance of bookmarks and add actions to them.
- Use the Next Page button () to page through the document.
Notice that the bookmark icon that corresponds to the page that you are viewing is highlighted as you move through the pages. (There are a couple of bookmark errors that you'll correct later.)
- With the Hand tool () or the Selection tool (), click the icon for the Table of Contents bookmark to return to the first page of the presentation.
- In the document pane, move the pointer over the items listed in the table of contents. Notice that the hand changes to a pointing finger, indicating that items in the list are links.
- Click the Meridien Wi-fi entry in the document pane to follow its link. (Be sure to click the entry in the table of contents, not the bookmark in the Bookmarks panel.)
Notice that the page number on the page displayed in the document pane is 2, though the page number in the table of contents showed the page as being page 4. The page is out of order.
- Choose View > Page Navigation > Previous View to return to the table of contents.


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Coltrane's A Love Supreme: Live in Amsterdam reissue from the Branford Marsalis Quartet out now and available on vinyl for the very first time Read more »
Chatting With Jimmy Cobb, Kind of Blue's Last Surviving Player: Remembering the greatest jazz album of all time, 50 years on
Date: 10.08.2008
Publication: Village Voice
Author: Rob Trucks
Jimmy Cobb is early. The sole surviving performer on Miles Davis's 1959 album Kind of Blue is waiting in a sixth-floor conference room just blocks from Columbia's old 30th Street Studios, the converted (Greek, Russian, or Armenian, depending on whom you ask) Orthodox church where the best-selling, most widely praised jazz album in history was recorded. The drummer and Harlem resident passes the time with his new iPhone—right now, unfortunately, it appears that if Cobb so much as stares at the gadget, it automatically calls his daughter. Thus far, hers is the only number programmed.
Sony Legacy is also early. In late September, the current keeper of the Columbia Records vaults unveiled its "super-deluxe" 50th-anniversary edition of Kind of Blue. But we're nearly as close to the album's 49th birthday, if we're going by release date. Yes, less than half a century ago (March 2, 1959, to be exact), Davis, Cobb, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, and bassist Paul Chambers—truly one of the most stellar lineups in jazz history—gathered for Blue's first sessions. "There wasn't a whole lot of preparation for me," says Cobb. "He [Davis] would just say, 'I want this one to sound like it's floating,' or something like that, you know. I didn't have any music for none of that stuff."
The group's second session, also on 30th Street, took place seven weeks later, and on August 17 of that year (Robert De Niro's 16th birthday), the album emerged. More than three million copies later, Kind of Blue stands not only as a landmark of accomplishment, but also of accessibility. Riding the coming crest of modal (you don't want to go there) musings over warm chordal arrangements, six (seven, technically) established yet efficient experts performed five superficially simple yet luxurious tunes. "It grabs all kinds of people," says Cobb. "To see how good those guys are, what they could do with just a little, that they could make it sound like that—you know, that's the thing. That's what it is. Just bring it down and it reaches everybody. There's something to that. It was just something that came along and clicked with everybody. It's just probably a once-in-a-lifetime thing."
Despite its obvious legs, Kind of Blue exists in many ways as a mysterious, transitory moment in time. By its official release in August of 1959, Coltrane had recorded his own groundbreaking Giant Steps (another album with a Jimmy Cobb credit); Chambers and Adderley had quit the band over monetary disputes (a recurring theme with Davis); and Bill Evans, already on the outs, would soon be completely gone as well, upset (with good reason, it appears) over not receiving songwriting credit on "Blue in Green" and "Flamenco Sketches." Though Cobb remained in Davis's employ until just prior to 1963's Seven Steps to Heaven, the constant personnel changes may very well have contributed to Kind of Blue's seemingly atemporal state, transcending a mere two days spent within an Eastern European cathedral turned recording studio. "I don't know if he ever played all of those tunes off of that record live like that," Cobb says.
Yet despite having played on the most popular jazz album of all time, Cobb offers little further insight into the secret of Blue's success.
"Man, I don't think Miles even thought that it would have that longevity," he says. "If he even thought that that day, he would've asked for a pile of money. You know, if he thought that he had something that was going to really be selling for 50 years, he would've asked for real money."
As for the drummer, "I was probably the soberest one in the band," says Cobb, the only member of the Blue sextet other than Adderley to fully escape a heroin addiction. "And he knew I was going to be on time. And he knew when I got there, I would give 150 percent. So like that, you know. That's the pluses I had."
Asked what it felt like to join the group, he adds: "I was kind of leery. It's hard to get in a band behind [former Davis drummer] Philly Joe Jones, you know, because they're looking for Philly. It's almost like when we went to Philadelphia, and the people in Philly that were used to seeing [former Davis pianist] Red Garland looked up and saw Bill Evans, and they were wondering who he was. So I'm sure that when we went some places and Joe wasn't there and they saw me, they kind of felt the same way about it. So I was kind of nervous. I figured I was probably the weakest link there, because that's probably just the way I am, you know."
Raised in Washington, D.C., Cobb first hit the road at 21 with Earl Bostic and Dinah Washington, alongside future fellow Davis cohort Wynton Kelly. He soon found himself in New York City, living with Washington at 2040 Seventh Avenue. "It worked out pretty good," he recalls. "We did that for about five years. And during that time I meet everybody in show business, you know, because she was a big-time lady and I get introduced to everybody: Duke Ellington, Count Basie. Everybody you're supposed to know, I got to know them. In fact, 2040 was where Dizzy [Gillespie] lived."
Cobb's first involvement with Davis was helped along by his good friend Adderley. "At that time," Cobb says, "it was Joe and Red Garland and Coltrane, Cannonball and Miles. So a lot of times Joe wouldn't show up for gigs for one reason or the other. Or he just would be late. So Cannon was nervous, because he needed the money to pay off his bills, you know. So he used to tell me, 'Why don't you come around and sit with us, you know, and if Joe don't show, you can play, man. You'd be right there.' So I said, 'OK, I'm not really doing that much anyway.' So I go do that a few times. Then one time Joe didn't show up for a record date, you know, and I was there at the record date, and the record date was Porgy & Bess."
But Cobb's invitation to officially join the group came later. "I'm still not in the band," he continues. "But a little later, Miles talked to me. He says, 'You know, Joe's not in the band anymore. I want you to be in the band.' I said, 'OK.' So he told me all the particulars and stuff. Now it's six o'clock in the evening, and I'm in New York. So he's calling me and I don't know where he's calling me from. So I said, 'OK. Well, when you working? Where are you working?' And he said, 'Actually, we're working tonight.' I said, 'Oh, really? Where?' And he said, 'Boston.' So he's probably in Boston already. So I say, 'Boston?' He said, 'Yeah.' And it's 6:30, man. I say, 'Well, what time do you start?' He says, 'Nine o'clock.' I said, 'Nine o'clock? How am I going to get to Boston by nine o'clock, man?' He said, 'Man, you want the gig, don't you?' I say, 'Yeah, man.' I say, 'OK, I'll get there as fast as I can.'
"So I packed up the stuff, and at that time they had like a shuttle going from New York to Boston—55 minutes, you know. Takes me probably 55 minutes to get to the airport to fly 55 minutes, and a few more minutes to get from the airport in Boston to George Wein's club. That's where they were working, Storyville. So I get up there after scuffling like, you know, scuffling my heart out to get there, and they're playing on the stand, because it's probably 10 o'clock by now. So when I get there, they're playing the ballad 'Round About Midnight,' so I went up quietly and set up the drums. And, you know, there's an interlude in there."
Here, in a sixth-floor East Side conference room, Jimmy Cobb hums the "Round About Midnight" melody.
"I started right there. I played that with them. I was in the band—no rehearsals, no nothing. So that's the way it started, man."
The ending, however, has yet to be written. Jimmy Cobb, suitably enough, is at the forefront of the 50th-anniversary DVD. This month, the drummer will be recognized as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazzmaster. November brings appearances at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, as well as a number of dates in Germany. In January, Jimmy Cobb will turn 80 years old; in February, he'll be leading a new outfit, the So What Band, as part of Kind of Blue's continuing golden-anniversary celebration, still officially 11 months away.
But despite all the attention that comes with this territory—and having provided percussion on a work of acclaimed and enduring genius—it's the people he remembers, not the songs: "I'm proud to be here, man. I'm proud to be going on 80 years old. I never thought I'd be 80 years old. I'm here. I'm sorry that all my friends are gone, you know, but I've got them here."
And with that, the drummer pats his chest pocket. His hand lays over his heart, as well as his new iPhone, which presumably calls his daughter one more time.
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I recently added a section on counting volumes to my Translation Project Management courses. During the two-hour session, we review the countable production unit types that can be taken into consideration for linguistic tasks (characters, words, lines, pages) and for technical tasks (pages, illustrations, animations). We also discuss the challenge of estimating hours, especially for some specific production steps. I feel future professionals should master this subject so they can analyse their own projects properly and work on a good basis for budgeting and scheduling. Although counting volumes does not generally pose many issues, in some cases it can turn into a finicky task that needs to be examined carefully.
Highly common projects, such as documentation localisation, sometimes include technical tasks, for instance desktop publishing and illustration localisation. All the unit sub-types should be meticulously counted, since productivity is not usually the same when working with different programs. For example, quantify the number of slides to reformat in Microsoft PowerPoint on the one hand and the number of pages in the Adobe InDesign files on the other. As the production effort will probably vary between these two tasks, unit rates and metrics must be adapted to arrive at a correct budget and schedule. Besides this point, although some discussion might arise on whether to include blank pages in the count, most of the time, counting pages is not a big deal. As far as illustrations are concerned, the first step is to identify those that need to be changed, since some might not require any translation or adaptation. We divide images containing text into those whose text can be extracted or overwritten and non-editable illustrations, which are more time-consuming. Screenshots are counted separately as the task involved is not the same as illustration translation.
Technical tasks that cannot easily be associated with countable source units, like software testing and debugging, multilingual website creation, animation rebuilding, etc., might become problematic as time estimates vary based on many factors (source material, clients' requirements, guidelines, context, resources involved, etc.). This can sometimes lead to endless discussions with clients or subcontractors as everyone tries to justify the number of hours or the budget arrived at. Unfortunately, no single process can calculate the volume of working hours needed for those specific tasks. While underestimating will result in profitability issues, overestimating might frighten clients away to seek proposals with lower costs and shorter timeframes. Only in-depth analyses, assistance from senior staff and experience can help paint a realistic picture. But it is hard to prevent misestimates on technical tasks. If you have established a trusted relationship with your clients, you can potentially make an approximation, talk openly about it with your requestors and propose to fine-tune the planned working time after performing a certain percentage of the task.
When it comes to text to be translated or revised, however you quote, at some stage, you need to check the volume you have to deal with. You might use this information to prepare your quote, plan the time you'll need and even assess your profitability. Or you might have to share this data with your clients, employees and sub-contractors. Even though counting characters or words is fairly easy in most cases, in some projects, this task can become quite complex. If you receive the source text on paper or in a scanned format, some pre-processing might be needed to determine the volume. Rough estimates could sometimes be enough, for you or the other stakeholders, but in many cases, an accurate count is preferred. On some occasions, source programs don't contain any statistical features displaying the number of words or characters to process. Some translation requests might also involve audio or video files, for which the amount of text is not easy to count. Some text files might contain content not to be translated or not directly accessible, like scanned sections or embedded documents. Finally, when using the analysis features in Translation Memory (TM) tools to count words or characters, you might face problems such as document corruptions, lack of support for specific file formats, or even content not well processed or tagged. All this could cause some confusion and make you lose time or money.
During the course on volumes, I also explain to my students that people using different tools or methods, or even working on other computers, can get inconsistent results. To exemplify the problem, I created a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, adding lots of shapes, frames, effects and animations and used various methods to count the source words. I launched an analysis on my own machine with a TM tool and asked some colleagues to do the same, using other TM tools or the same as mine. One of them even used the same version as my own tool. The results were not surprisingly quite varied. The table below shows the figures we obtained, considering only final word counts:
- TM tool 1: 537 words
- TM tool 2: 473 words
- TM tool 3, version 2011: 648 words
- TM tool 3, version 2015: 619 words
- TM tool 3, version 2014
- on machine 1: 648 words
- on machine 2: 621 words
- MS PowerPoint statistics: 553 words
- Manual word count: 524 words
Due to the variation in the tools' word counts, I decided to count the words manually, slide by slide, since, in my opinion, a manual word count could represent reality better. It was rather intriguing to see that one tool, whatever the version, was far above my own word count (from 18.1% to 23.6% more). I also found it interesting that the results of the MS PowerPoint statistical feature were close to the manual figure. In fact, I remember cases in which the TM tool analysis was much higher than the statistics shown in the layout program, which caused some conflicts with clients referring to the MS Word feature.
When I tried to understand the reasons for these differences, I found that (not exhaustive):
- The Master slide in my .PTT file contained 10 words to be translated which had been extracted 12 times by TM Tool 3.
- The translatable content of 2 frames had not been extracted by TM tool 2.
We know that tools use different word counting schemes. Nonetheless, when faced with a client asking us to justify why we have quoted 648 words when they counted 553, explaining that this is due to the tools we have chosen to use is tricky. Especially if we previously convinced them that those tools increase productivity and reduce quotes ;-). Obviously, this mainly occurs for files with heavy formatting, but it could still prove annoying.
You could overcome this problem by removing volume details from your quote, quoting per hour or indicating a lump sum. Nevertheless, you should be aware of potential issues that might, at times, create uncomfortable situations or erroneous estimates. Similarly, when using TM tools, making sure that all the translatable content has been properly identified is critical. You can double-check the target file to make sure nothing has been missed, but it is by far preferable to spot this before launching the translation process. Some file preparation might consequently be needed and, in some cases, I even recommend comparing the source text appearing in the TM tool with the content displayed in the source format to make sure everything has been properly extracted. Last tip, if available, cross-check the statistics in the source program against the final word count displayed in the TM tool.
Regardless of our role in a project, counting or checking volumes is essential in our daily management tasks. If you are the only person responsible for this task, being considered reliable is preferable, so you should ensure your counts are fair and the methods used easy to clarify. Being aware of potential issues is equally important. If you receive count data from end clients or translation agencies, be cautious and double-check them all before starting any work. Not everyone is trying to fool you, but they might have left out some important aspects of the project, failed to spot some file corruptions or were simply distracted. Whatever your case, knowing how to estimate volumes for your own work and possible pitfalls should normally help you deliver as promised and, hopefully, remain profitable.
Nancy Matis, March 2017
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court will consider the case of a national right-to-die group accused of playing a role in the 2007 suicide of an Apple Valley woman.
The high court agreed to hear Dakota County prosecutors' appeal of a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling in September that a state law prohibiting advising or encouraging suicide was unconstitutional on free speech grounds, the Star Tribune reported Friday ( http://strib.mn/JhC7zY). The Appeals Court, however, sent charges of aiding and abetting suicide against the Florida-based group Final Exit Network and two members back to a district court for trial.
The Supreme Court also agreed in an order dated Dec. 17 to hear the cross-appeal of Final Exit Network, which says all of the charges are unconstitutional. The high court did not set a date for oral arguments.
The high court also stayed all proceedings in the Final Exit case pending its ruling in the separate case of William Melchert-Dinkel, of Faribault, an ex-nurse who was convicted in 2011 of "advising and encouraging" the suicides of a man in England and a teenager in Canada. The Court of Appeals upheld his conviction last year. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in May.
Robert Rivas, an attorney for Final Exit, said the group believes the Appeals Court decision was correct.
"But I'm glad the Supreme Court is going to make the final decision," Rivas said Thursday. "I think that the Court of Appeals decision is going to be affirmed. It'll be good to have it affirmed by an even higher court."
Final Exit insists it acts within the law because it provides information but does not physically participate in suicides or provide equipment.
Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom said he is glad the high court agreed to review the case.
"We continue to believe that the acts of aiding, advising and encouraging someone to take their own life should be prohibited and subject to prosecution under Minnesota law," he said in a statement.
Rivas said he wouldn't be surprised if the case eventually goes to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"From my point of view, there are six other states that have unconstitutional rules like the state of Minnesota," Rivas said. "To have the U.S. Supreme Court rule (for Final Exit) would invalidate all of them. I would be very happy about that."
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17 January 2014
today, she would have been 68. my mom would have been 68. two years ago today, she wore that little crown, blew that little party horn. I sent them in a package, gave her strict instructions, I made sure said instructions were followed. I couldn't be there to celebrate with her but I sent a box full of happy in my place. and I'm thankful that at least there was that. but oh to have hopped on a plane, to have been with her one last birthday.
today, I will buy her favorite flowers. listen to her favorite music, watch her favorite movies. I will wear her favorite silver dogwood ring, her favorite turquoise bracelets. I'll see her everywhere I look, in the shape of my hands, the color and texture of my skin, hear her in the way I speak, feel her in the way I stand at the kitchen sink, weight rested squarely in the left hip, right foot extended. I will see her light in the eyes of ezra and ava. there will be cake, there will be candles. I'll wear the crown she wore, blow the horn she blew that last birthday. then I'll slip them back into that soft yellow envelope, tuck it back into the suitcase that holds all the special things.
happy birthday, mom. I love you.
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Oh, Andrea. Today's the day my Mom passed ... 31 years ago. Sometimes it seems like yesterday ... sometimes it seems like a lifetime.
So sad that we both share a loss. But, you brought a smile to my face with your plans to remember your Mom today.
That's exactly what we need to do ... tell the children about them ... so they live on in hearts forever.
Barb- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 5:33 PM
Happy Birthday, Hula-Mom. You are so very loved. Hugs, Andrea
ReplyDelete what a beautiful way to honor your mom, your relationship with her. i am very close with my mother and so grateful that she is still here with me, but your expressions of admiration, adoration, appreciation and love for her is filled with a vulnerability i don't embody, and inspires me to ask myself if i'm holding back something i'd actually like to give while she's alive. so, thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi There A. :)
I love the way you honour your Mom, what a joyful powerful way to celebrate the love :)
Thank you for sharing your sadness and your joy.
I was not really close with my Mom (but I respected that she did the best she was capable of and truly thankful she gave me life) So that I could have a family of my own and have a wonderful loving relationship with my Daughter which is such a blessing (oh, and my sons too :)
Have a lovely weekend, cheers, T. :)- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2014 1:42 AM
I love reading your mom-rememberings. I have buttercups (daffodils) on my dining table right now. Because that's what my mom would have.
ReplyDelete I have been reading your blog for only just over a year now and sorry to say never left a comment but this post had me in tears, big flood gate tears, so I felt compelled to say how beautiful what you have written here is. I live in Germany, so unbelievebly far away from my mama in Sydney Australia and I miss her like mad as I only see her once maybe twice a year. The way you describe how you feel your mother in the way you stand and in your hands. I only looked at my hands this morning holding my youngest baby who my mother has yet to meet and saw how my hands looked just like hers.
ReplyDeleteDarling darling Hula! it's me Dottie and my Dad's birthday was Feb. 5th and it was the first one of his birthdays without him here. Thank you so much for posting this. I felt the same way. But I wasn't strong enough to listen to his favorite music or eat his favorite meal. I hope next year, I'll be able to do it.
But I will share this one memory my Dad told me about which was one of his favorite birthdays. It was when he was the bureau chief of Newsweek and used to hang out with celebrities during the seventies. He went to see the premiere of Blazing Saddles on his birthday and was invited out later with the cast through his friend Richard Pryor and came home the next morning sticking of booze and cigarettes according to my Mom, but he said it was a great birthday! He only told me that story once because he never felt the need to repeat stories. Crazy!oh dottie. oh friend. I know the feeling, I know it so well. I couldn't do anything that first birthday, not a thing. next year, you'll be able to do a little more. just a little, maybe more. and lord, that story. I love it, love love love it. thanks so much for sharing it with me here... made my day!


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The Coatesville Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), located in a steel center in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was opened in 1929 by the Maple Grove-Millwood congregation. John E. Kennel was the first superintendent. A store building, the third floor of the Fire Hall, and in 1930 the new building at 625 Walnut St. were used as meeting places, under the auspices of the Eastern Board of Missions and Charities of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. In 1940 Frank Stoltzfus became resident pastor, and in 1954 George B. Stoltzfus was pastor. A summer Bible school among the African Americans developed into the Newlinville mission station. The Coatesville membership in 1953 was 60, and the Sunday-school enrollment 80. In 2011 the membership was 28; the pastors were Leonard L. Groff and Mark C. Hickson.
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Address: 625 Walnut Street, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Phone: 610-383-1921
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Lancaster Mennonite Conference
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Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
Date Published | 2011 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Coatesville Mennonite Church (Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2011. Web. 23 Feb 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Coatesville_Mennonite_Church_(Coatesville,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177192.
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Landis, Ira D. (2011). Coatesville Mennonite Church (Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 February 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Coatesville_Mennonite_Church_(Coatesville,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177192.
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« on: February 04, 2011, 04:07:11 pm »I was considering a hard case, but John's input seems the simplest and I'm a simple guy. In the coming months I'll have to nail down a start and finish and make contact with bike shops for shipping and packing. Ok, progress!!
Until I think of something else...


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Marriott Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, D.C.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all for that welcome. And thank you very much, Jim. It's a privilege to be here today to address such a distinguished group of leaders and air and space enthusiasts. I'm also delighted today to spend a little time with my old friend General John Jumper. John was my senior military assistant many years ago when I was Secretary of Defense, and he was one-star. And he claims credit for teaching everything I know, and he's right. (Laughter).
But it's delighted - a pleasure for me to be back with so many people committed to the Air Force and all that you've meant to our nation. I'm also pleased today to have the opportunity to spend some time with the representatives of so many nations who've been deeply involved in the global war on terror. I want to welcome all of you to Washington.
I also want to commend the Air Force Association for the tremendous role that you've played in advocating air and space power for the nation. Tomorrow is the Air Force's 56th birthday, and its role in defending the peace and defeating our adversaries has never been more important than it is today.
Six days ago, America commemorated the second anniversary of the September 11th attack on our country - a watershed event in American history. The fires of September 11th signaled the start of a new war - and the lessons of September 11th have a profound effect on the way the United States is fighting that war.
I think it's accurate to say, for all Americans, the weeks and months since 9/11 have been dominated by that event. It's certainly had a huge impact on all of us working in the administration. 9/11 demonstrated how vulnerable we are as a nation - how it was possible for terrorists to take advantage of our open borders and open society and use them against us. We saw that it was relatively easy for a small number of terrorists to launch an attack and kill some 3,000 Americans in a couple of hours in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania.
We also began to understand, particularly from the evidence that we uncovered in Afghanistan, that our enemies are determined to acquire weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. And we have every reason to believe that if they succeed, they will use them, launching attacks far more deadly than anything we've ever experienced.
To counter these threats, we have been forced to think anew about how we defend our country, and about what constitutes a viable National Security Strategy for the nation. We've come to realize that if we are to protect the American people against determined enemies, we cannot rely upon the old Cold War remedies. The kind of strategy we used against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, where we put at risk those things they valued in order to deter them from ever launching an attack against the United States, simply will not work where terrorists are concerned. There is nothing they value highly enough that we can put at risk to keep them from launching an attack against the United States. So no treaty or arms control agreement or strategy of deterrence will end this conflict. This is a new kind of war, against a new kind of enemy. We must fight this war on many fronts. And we must not relent until we prevail.
We are working aggressively to toughen our defenses here at home. We've created the Department of Homeland Security - the largest reorganization of the federal government in over 50 years - and we've taken other unprecedented measures to make America a tougher target.
But we know that a good defense is not enough. The problem with terrorist organizations is that even if you build defenses that are 99 percent successful, the 1 percent that gets through can still kill you. We need a strategy that puts us on the offense, that lets us go after those who pose a threat to the United States or our friends and allies - a strategy that allows us to destroy the terrorists before they can launch attacks against us. We cannot wait to act until after another day like 9/11, or a day far worse. And a good part of our new strategy is based upon the President's determination to change the way we think about states that sponsor terror.
Prior to 9/11, too many nations tended to draw a distinction between terrorist groups and the states that provided these groups with support, sanctuary and safe harbor. They were unwilling to hold these terror-sponsoring states accountable for their actions.
After 9/11, President Bush decided that the distinction between the terrorists and their sponsors could no longer be permitted to stand. The Bush doctrine makes clear that those states that support terrorists, or provide sanctuary for terrorists, are just as guilty as the terrorists themselves of the acts they commit. So in addition to going after the terrorists, we are also taking on states that sponsor terror.
In Afghanistan, the Taliban regime harbored al Qaeda and brutalized an entire population. That regime is no more. In Iraq, where a vicious dictator built, possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, supported terrorists, and defied the clear demands of the U.N. Security Council for 12 years, the United States launched one of the most extraordinary military campaigns in history. And that regime is no more. (Applause.)
Some people - both in this nation and abroad - have questions about that strategy. They suggest that somehow it's wrong for us to strike before an enemy strikes us. But as President Bush said, "If the threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations, would come too late." Make no mistake: President Bush is acting to protect the American people against further attacks, even when that means moving aggressively against would-be attackers.
So the war on terror continues. It's a war being fought all around the globe - witness the attacks that have already occurred in New York and Washington, but also in Bali, Mombassa, Riyadh, Casablanca, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Bombay, Baghdad and Najaf. It's a war that involves not just the United States - but all of the nations of the civilized world. And it is a war that will continue well into the foreseeable future.
In this global war on terror, U.S. and allied forces are heavily engaged when and where they need to be, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq. We will stay in Afghanistan and Iraq to make absolutely certain the job is done before we move on.
Our military is confronting the terrorists, along with our allies, in Iraq and Afghanistan so that innocent civilians will not have to confront terrorist violence in Washington or London or anywhere else in the world.
We are working with the people of Iraq to create a free, functioning and prosperous society - and we're making progress. Most of Iraq today is relatively stable and quiet. There are still on-going incidents, attacks on coalition forces and on others, either from remnants of the old regime or from terrorists, many of whom were in Iraq before the war, and some of whom have arrived since the conclusion of major combat operations. There are two main sources of terror that coalition forces must deal with, and we are. We have already captured or killed 42 of the 55 most wanted former Iraqi leaders, and with the growing number of tips we're receiving from the Iraqi people themselves, it's only a matter of time until we get the rest of them. According to General Abizaid, the actual number of daily incidents this month is significantly below what it was last month, and we're determined to make sure those numbers keep going in the right direction.
We're also working very aggressively to restore sovereignty and authority to the Iraqi people. We have created a 25-person Governing Council, made up of representatives of Iraq's diverse ethnic groups. Iraqis are now in charge of each ministry in the government. Over 90 percent of the cities and towns and villages of Iraq are now governed by local councils. Iraq's schools are open; Iraq's hospitals are functioning. We're making major progress in restoring electricity. We're rebuilding the oil system and the infrastructure of the country. In the months ahead, the Iraqis will draft a new constitution, for themselves, and when this constitution has been ratified by the Iraqi people, they will enjoy free and fair elections. Then the coalition will yield its remaining authority to a sovereign Iraqi government. (Applause.)
The United States is not acting alone in Iraq. Thirty countries have contributed more than 20,000 troops to help maintain security. And it's important to remember that the second largest security contingent in Iraq today -- right behind the United States -- consists of some 55,000 Iraqis who have now been recruited and are being trained and serving as civil defense forces, in the police force, and as border guards. We are asking other countries to help build a free Iraq, as well. And we're working with the United Nations on a new Security Council resolution authorizing the creation of additional multinational forces in Iraq. Today, Iraq has become a central front in the war on terror, and every civilized nation has a vital stake in Iraq's successful transition to what the terrorists hate and fear most: a free society that respects human dignity and upholds human rights, and that can inspire change and hope throughout the Middle East.
The war on terror is not without sacrifice. Nearly 400 of our troops have already given their lives during this war since 9/11. And our allies, obviously, have also suffered casualties. But Americans will never forget that we lost some 3,000 of our fellow citizens right here at home on 9/11. We will be much more secure if we aggressively go after the terrorists - and after the nations and the mechanisms that support them - than if we lay back and wait for them to strike us again here in the United States.
In the battles of Iraq and Afghanistan and in other fronts in the war on terror, America's Air Force has played a crucial role, and it will continue to play a crucial role in the battles to come. The Air Force's global reach enables us to project our power anywhere in the world within a matter of hours. Its new tactics and precision weapons help us achieve our military objectives while minimizing collateral damage. It provides umbrella coverage for the defense of our homeland. In Operation Iraqi Freedom, advances in radar technology, demonstrated by Joint Stars, enabled us to carry on offensive operations even in the midst of a major dust storm. More than 40 Air Force satellites provided precise surveillance and navigation information to coalition forces. And close coordination between ground and air operations was, indeed, a major factor in our victory. As a former Secretary of Defense, I have never been more proud of the men and women of the United States Air Force. We owe them a great deal. (Applause.)
We also owe our allies in Operation Iraqi Freedom a great deal. Coalition partners were instrumental in shaping the conduct of air operations during the war. British and Australian planners helped devise a strategy and process for going after Iraqi SCUDs -- and this same process was adopted as the heart of our overall time-sensitive targeting process used with devastating success throughout Iraq.
Today, our allies continue to play a key role in the war on terror. The United States is part of a worldwide coalition that is taking terrorists into custody, freezing terrorist assets, and providing military forces and other support when necessary. We're making steady progress. Many of the senior al-Qaeda leaders involved in planning or carrying out 9/11 have been either captured or killed. More than 1,400 terrorist accounts around the world have been frozen or seized, and terrorist networks have lost access to some $200 million. Most recently, we captured a major terrorist known as Hambali, who was a close associate of the September 11th mastermind, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, suspected of planning the attack in Bali, and other attacks of terror.
The work goes on. The United States is grateful for the fine allies and tremendous friends who have joined this effort. It is a struggle against evil -- against an enemy that rejoices in the murder of innocent, unsuspecting human beings. That is why people in every part of the world, and of all faiths, stand together against this foe. That is why we will continue to stop the terrorists in their plotting and training, and bring them to justice. And that is why we can settle for nothing less than total victory. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
Richard B. Cheney, The Vice President's Remarks at 2003 Air Force Convention Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/281963


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The DvbCronRecording is a plugin for Trac.
This plugin is based on the LinuxTV dvb-apps command line utilities, especially "szap" and "gnutv". The actual recordings are performed from the cron-daemon.
Trac is primarily used as a web frontend - it does maintain a database of recordings that can be edited online with web browser. Upon "Activate!" it creates a recording script that is pushed to /etc/cron.d/*. The actual recording is performed by a tuning the LinuxDVB device started by cron.
With the help of Trac you can administrator priviledges like adding tuning channels, removing old videos and starting a new entry for a recording that shall be started later on.
There are a few extensions like detection of overlap, the definition of secondary recording times to use, and a few other tricks. Having a web UI eases the handling considerably.
The system grew out of some local command-line scripts that would convert a list of recording times, channel info and program title into a matching recording script along with a CronTab entry. Transforming it into a TracPlugin allows for easier installation on a remote recorder box as well as sharing the recorder by multiple persons with just a web access to the recorder box.
Code drops are available at the Opensuse Build service at:
You can download a complete set of Trac RPMs that will allow to install the plugin for immediate usage. There is also an announcement page at trac-hacks, see
- http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/DvbCronRecordingPlugin
- https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/dvbcronrec/wiki - for further documentation
- only tested with DVB-S (satellite), it is probably not easy to be used for other digital broadcasting types - but you could try (as I don't have a chance for that).
- the code is prepared to tune multiple cards but that feature is broken upon first release. Actually you can select different adapters explicitly but I had wanted that the adapter is used automatically.
- the code is prepared for localization but while it speaks English in the code the user interface is only run in German on my own site, so may be there are couple of rough edges. Sorry.
So, I could really need some help with this - it is feature complete for my own usage but if you need another feature done then please don't ask - just send patches (or "pull requests" pointing to your public code). I publish this code so that you have a good start for your own ideas.


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Here is another DIY video camera handle that you can build with parts from the hardware store. This version isn't as easy to make as the last one, but it does offer more protection for the camera. This is really important when you are swinging your camera around, trying to get that perfect shot.
Every time you see a camera guy in skate videos, you see that they have really nice cameras (XL or GL). Well, I don't, and don't have the money to get one. One of the biggest practical differences between their cams and my JVC generic is the handle on top.
The StreetGrip – Link
DIY video camera handle – Link
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Even in a draft class that is currently believed to lack high-end quarterbacks, the best quarterbacks in the class will attract plenty of attention and competition.
West Virginia's Geno Smith has made his choice, hiring Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley of Select Sports Group to handle his rookie deal, according to source with knowledge of the situation.
Smith emerged in September as the early favorite for the Heisman Trophy, with off-the-charts performances as the Mountaineers moved to 5-0. But a five-game losing streak caused him to slide off the map, and the guy who once was presumed to be the top pick in the draft could now slide on draft day.
On Wednesday, word emerged that USC quarterback Matt Barkley has signed with CAA. And those two firms will spend the next four months trying to position their respective clients to be taken higher in the draft than the other one.
Of course, getting the guy drafted as high as possible isn't as important as it used to be, given the rookie wage scale. Factors like marketing opportunities in a given city, the coaching staff, and the supporting cast become more important.


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Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown
Listen to Last One Leaving
Tyler Bryant was born to play music. The 21-year-old guitar prodigy has been playing since he was six and was bred on the roughneck blues of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
At age 11, Bryant's parents found him jamming in a record store with seasoned blues guitarist, Roosevelt Twitty, and they knew their son was destined for something big. Four years later, he was introduced to blues' predecessor, rock and roll, when he attended a Black Crowes concert. Soon thereafter, he started listening to bands like The Rolling Stones and Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker, and officially became hooked.
During his senior year of high school, Bryant decided to make the big move from his home state of Texas to Music City USA. After meeting with Jody Williams, head of Nashville's BMI office, Bryant was convinced to head to Nashville where he could hone his craft writing songs while also managing to graduate high school by finishing his classes online.
Bryant's impressive resume reads as if he's been in the business for decades. Tyler was awarded the Robert Johnson Foundation's New Generation Award at 16, which pointed him out as one of the most promising new guitarists on the scene. He was featured in the award-winning documentary Rock Prophecies (one of the most viewed documentaries on iTunes & Netflix), along with Santana and Slash, and was chosen at age 15 by Eric Clapton to play his Crossroads Festival. Just recently, Tyler was handpicked by Jim Lemley to work on the score for the Fox Studios blockbuster, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, produced by Jim Lemley and Tim Burton. Tyler worked on the film's soundtrack along with Henry Jackman (Hans Zimmer's protégé). Tyler was also sought out personally by the legendary Jeff Beck to be the opener for his 2011 Spring & Fall tour. Jeff invited Tyler to play with him during his encore set each night – an almost unheard of request from the legend, as the last opener that he invited to play with him on-stage was Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1989. Tyler's talent has even reached into the gaming world, being the only unsigned artist to have a song in Guitar Hero 5.
Tyler is joined on stage by his just-as-extraordinary bandmates. The Shakedown is comprised of an incredible array of musicians including Caleb Crosby (drums), Noah Denney (bass) and Graham Whitford, the son of Aerosmith's Brad Whitford (guitar). Together, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, tore up the SXSW stage this past year and has built its rapport over several years, thanks in large part to a continuous string of live performances -- albeit wide-ranging in nature -- from opening stadiums for Aerosmith, Eric Clapton and B.B. King, to playing their own club gigs around the US and in Canada. It's like being a member of a gang or something," Bryant says of his band's unified presence, adding that him and his bandmates have become locked in with one another to the point where they can predict each other's next move. "I know what they're thinking before they hit the note," he boasts. "It's so important for bands to have a chemistry and get out there and play as much as we can. Each player has a personality that comes out in the record."
2011 was a successful year for Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown. They released their first rock EP, My Radio, in March 2011, followed by a 7-track album From The Sandcastle in September 2011, which garnered early attention when the single "Shackles" was featured as the iTunes Discovery Download. The album was also featured in the iTunes "Rock on the Rise" section for an astounding eight weeks.
Fast-forward a year later and From The Sandcastle is still generating attention – the album's single "Say A Prayer" is featured in the promotional video for CBS' new show "Vegas."
Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, has critics and fans alike clamoring to hear the next project. Wild Child, the band's shin-shattering full-length debut, is set for a January 2013 release.
"We tracked the whole thing in 13 days with engineer Vance Powell (Jack White, Danger Mouse, Kings of Leon) at his studio in Nashville," says Tyler. Wild Child was recorded the old fashioned way, on analog tape. But as Tyler says, its sessions felt entirely fresh.
A 12-cut collection, Wild Child is, above all, a culmination of intense bonding, both musically and personally, between Tyler and his bandmates, whom he calls his brothers. Bryant had toyed with the idea of a solo career, but his bandmates, he says, add an immeasurable element. "They were bringing something to the table that I really dug," he says of his motivations for forming a band. "It wouldn't be the same without Caleb back there beating the drums or without Graham standing over at the side of the stage looking at me after a guitar solo going 'I can play that better' and making me want to play my next solo better. There's something so much cooler about a band."
The next move for Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, says the frontman, is to continue building its fan base. Tyler says "the band is more concerned with sustaining a long-term career than having a hit song and flaming out. We want to be one of those bands that builds true fans that stay with us for a long time."
Through it all, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown has pushed the musical limits of guitar, vocals, and performance, and captured the attention of the music scene with their spectacular talent and rare showmanship. In the words of the iconic Vince Gill, "To play like this kid [Tyler Bryant] is the rarest of the rare. Hands down, a future guitar god."


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Location: Cameroon
Event: Heightened Middle East Tensions
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